diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 823f35ed95fa..eec41990fa65 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -186,19 +186,12 @@ int ext4_read_bh(struct buffer_head *bh, int op_flags, bh_end_io_t *end_io)
 
 int ext4_read_bh_lock(struct buffer_head *bh, int op_flags, bool wait)
 {
-	if (trylock_buffer(bh)) {
-		if (wait)
-			return ext4_read_bh(bh, op_flags, NULL);
+	lock_buffer(bh);
+	if (!wait) {
 		ext4_read_bh_nowait(bh, op_flags, NULL);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	if (wait) {
-		wait_on_buffer(bh);
-		if (buffer_uptodate(bh))
-			return 0;
-		return -EIO;
-	}
-	return 0;
+	return ext4_read_bh(bh, op_flags, NULL);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -245,7 +238,8 @@ void ext4_sb_breadahead_unmovable(struct super_block *sb, sector_t block)
 	struct buffer_head *bh = sb_getblk_gfp(sb, block, 0);
 
 	if (likely(bh)) {
-		ext4_read_bh_lock(bh, REQ_RAHEAD, false);
+		if (trylock_buffer(bh))
+			ext4_read_bh_nowait(bh, REQ_RAHEAD, NULL);
 		brelse(bh);
 	}
 }